118 quotes found
Author · American · 1972
American author (born 1972)
“Absolutely nothing. That's what I'm going to do for two weeks. Not think. If I start to think, I'm going to think really hard about not thinking until I quit thinking.”
“I remember remembering, she muttered, sitting down with a heavy sigh; she pulled her legs up to wrap her arms around her knees. Feelings. Emotions. Like I have all these shelves in my head, labeled...”
“Memories had come back to Thomas on several occasions. The Changing, the dreams hed had since, fleeting glimpses here and there, like quick lightning strikes in his mind. And right now, listening t...”
“Taste good? Brenda asked as she dug into her own food. Please. Id push my own mom down the stairs to eat this stuff, Thomas said. Id kill your mother for something fresh out of a garden. A nice sal...”
“Oh, man," he mumbled with a full mouth. "At least the food is good.”
“They hugged, tight and warm and full of the promise hed made upon waking up.”
“Please, Tommy. Please”
“Find our way out, Greenie. Solve the buggin' Maze and find our way out.”
“Wonder why we can do this,' he called out with his mind. The mental effort of speaking to her was already straininghe felt a headache forming like a bulge in his brain. 'Maybe we were lovers,' Tere...”
“Didn't know you could measure distance so well with nothing but you bloody eyeballs”
“He didn't have a single clue what was going on with these two strangers, but every instinct told him Master George equaled good, Mistress Jane equaled bald- he blinked-uh, bad. ”
“We can't play God.We can't do this to kids.You're evil, I'm evil.Everyone will die.No matter what.Let nature win.”
“I only have two fingers left.I wrote the lies of my farewell with two fingers.That is the truth.We are evil.They are kids.We are evil.”
“I hated the place, Tommy. I hated every second of every day. And it was all your fault!”
“You're Subject A-two," Newt answered. Then he lowered his eyes"And?" Thomas pushed.Newt hesitated, then answered without looking at him. "It doesn't call you anything. It just says . . . 'To be kil...”
“Saving you was worth losing what we might've had.”
“Mark nodded even though she couldn't see. He'd suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The memories. They never let him go, not even for a hal...”
“Thomas had lived in fear and terror the past few weeks, but this was almost too much. To feel safe only to have that snatched away again.”
“Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows."You met our new friend?" Miho responded, a smirk flashing across his face. "Real piece of work, this guy. I gotta get me one of thos...”
“Minho snickered and leaned back in his chair. Man, you are one butt-load of sunshine, let me tell you.”